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Communication 4 ALL

Technologies: Wordpress, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, WAI-ARIA, Sketch, Canva, Mailchimp, Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube
Skills: Web Development, User Experience Design, Responsive Design, Accessibility, Email Marketing, Social Media

Communication 4 ALL (C4A) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization whose mission is to ensure all Autistic nonspeakers have access to effective communication.

I maintain Communication4ALL.org using Wordpress, including many plugins, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Features I Developed:

C4A Academy, a program of instructional videos, lessons, and resources to teach nonspeakers how to type to communicate free of charge
Contact form that emails admins with submissions
Custom Mailchimp email list subscription form
Embedded I Am In Here music album from Bandcamp
Edited Donation plugin and emails to include comment field
Keyboard and screen reader accessibility
Header and footer responsive design

I also manage C4A's social media, on Facebook (including the C4A Academy Community group), Instagram, TikTok, X, LinkedIn, YouTube (including C4A Academy's channel), Bandcamp, and more. I typically post 2-3 times per week. Across all channels, C4A has thousands of followers, with typically thousands of views per post, and positive and meaningful engagement.

Lastly, I design our quarterly newsletters via Mailchimp to be responsive, accessible, and engaging. Our email list has 38,000+ subscribers, and averages a 25% open rate and a 3.3% click rate.

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INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS
[Getting Started video embed from YouTube]
Getting Started:
* A motor disorder, not a cognitive one
* Capable learners
* Dysregulation
* Spelling & typing
* Dyspraxia defined
* Dyspraxia & the eyes
* Communication Partner
[Coaching, Lessons, and Stencils video embed from YouTube]

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light blue background
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Meet Our Founder, Elizabeth Bonker
You may have seen Elizabeth's Rollins College Valedictorian Commencement Address in the news or on social media when it went viral with over 4 billion impressions worldwide in May 2022.
[Be the Light: Elizabeth Bonker's 2022 Valedictorian Speech at Rollins College Commencement YouTube video embed]

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INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS
Two columns of YouTube video embeds
[Getting Started video embed]
Getting Started:
* A motor disorder, not a cognitive one Capable learners
* Dysregulation Spelling & typing
* Dyspraxia defined
* Dyspraxia & the eyes
* Communication Partner (CP) coaching
[Coaching, Lessons & Stencils video embed]
Coaching, Lessons & Stencils:
* Types of coaching Like learning to dance Board (stencil) placement What you need to begin Lessons & keywords Why start with 3 stencils?
* Stencils with fewer letters
[LESSON ON 3 STENCILS video embed]
[PARENT COACHED ON 3 STENCILS video embed]

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Lessons
Written lessons are used in the process described in these instructional videos to teach nonspeakers how to tune
Please look at the lesson you have selected and make sure it is age appropriate for your student. It you have any feedback you would like to share with us for any lesson, please fill out this form. If you have a lesson that you would like to donate to C4A Academy, please contact us.
ENGLISH LESSONS
[Alexander Hamilton button. Background: Alexander Hamilton portrait]
[Alfred the Great button. Background: Alfred the Great statue]

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Partners
4x3 grid of organizations’ logos:
2M Foundation (Bringing People and Technology together to Create Change)
Akhil Autism Foundation
CADE (Children with Autism Deserve Education)
ELC: Exceptional Learners Collaborative
Growing Kids Therapy Center
HALO: Helping Autism through Learning and Outreach
Holland Center
I-ASC: International Association for Spelling as Communication. Access. Agency. Autonomy.
ION Institute of Neurodiversity
Joey Lowenstein Foundation: Breaking the barriers of Autism
Moth to Hand Therapy Center: Silence is not golden.
Neurodiversity in Business: The Neurodiversity Charity

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Bandcamp embed of I Am In Here music album by Elizabeth Bonker and The Bleeding Hearts on the left, with the following tracks:
1. I Am in Here 03:22
2. Hidden Treasure 04:28
3. Four People 04:08
4. Silent Cage (feat. Tom Morello) 04:22
5. Flower in the Grass (feat. Adrian Anantawan) 03:44
6. Beyond Words 03:29
7. The Principal Principle 04:07
8. Tender Mercies 04:15
9. Because the World Needs You 03:51
10. Things I Know (feat. The Flutie Foundation Spectrum of Sound Choir) 04:23

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Music

On April 7, 2022, Elizabeth released the first two songs of a 10-song I Am in Here album. Elizabeth wrote the lyrics and The Bleeding Hearts, a Boston-based band wrote and performed the music. Included in the first two songs are the title track with this music video launching the #IAMINHERE revolution and “Silent Cage” featuring legendary guitarist Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine. The I Am in Here album is now released on all major streaming platforms and Bandcamp.
The Bleeding Hearts have a long history with Elizabeth going back to her birth. The lead singer, Laurie Ellington, was Elizabeth’s mother’s roommate in college and the rhythm guitarist Sean Coleman was her mother’s best friend in high school. The other members of the band have been friends for more than a decade and include lead guitarist Bill Danylik, drummer Jim Clements, and bass player Joe Sheil. The Bleeding Hearts have no website because they only play for good causes. We are blessed that they have worked with Elizabeth for almost the entire pandemic to create this album.

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Contact Us
Questions? Comments? Please contact us using the following form, and we will do our best to get back to you as soon as we are able. Please be patient, as we typically receive a lot of messages.

Name (Required)
[text field]
Email (Required)
[text field]
Message (Required)
[large text field]

Send Message button

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Support The Cause
At Communication 4 ALL, we are working to give all nonspeaking students with autism the communication of their choice in schools. Your gift helps us build awareness, connect families and schools with much-needed resources, and spark action. Please consider a donation to C4A today.

DONATE NOW

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h2, Advocacy

image description: muted Congress building in the background, with 8 photos of Elizabeth posing with the following Congresspeople: REP. POSEY, SENATOR PAUL, REP. ISSA, REP. MURPHY, REP. NICKEL, REP. CUELLAR, REP. FROST, and SENATOR SCOTT.

Communication 4 ALL is committed to nonpartisan political education. Both Republicans and Democrats supported Elizabeth's advocacy to gain accommodations for nonspeakers who type for high school equivalency diploma exams. Currently, we are educating public officials on policy imperatives including the reauthorization of the Autism CARES Act.

Main content:

h2, Policy & Advocacy

September 24, 2024
[link] Millions of Americans have Long COVID. Will Kamala Harris acknowledge them?

September 10, 2024
[link] A brief, oral history of mask blocs: Part 1

September 3, 2024
[link] "Perfect storm" of criminalization: Analyzing mask bans

August 13, 2024
[link] Q&A: NIH Director Dr. Monica Bertagnolli on next steps for RECOVER, future Long Covid research plans, and more

August 6, 2024
[link] Sen. Bernie Sanders introduces $10 billion Long Covid Moonshot legislation to support research, healthcare, education

June 18, 2024
[link] New NASEM reports offer broad definition, highlight the seriousness of Long Covid

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h2, Commentary

September 27, 2024
[link] Five reasons why the NIH should retract the "effort preference" claims in their intramural ME/CFS paper.

September 9, 2024
[link] The first major novel on Long COVID falls for harmful tropes. It doesn't have to be this way.

Main content:

This article was produced in partnership with The 19th.
In early August, the newly minted Kamala Harris campaign posted a job opportunity: disability engagement director. The director would meet with disability communities across the United States, build relationships with disability advocates, and help people participate in campaign events.
Some Long COVID advocates expressed excitement for the role on social media, and hoped that it would be filled by someone familiar with their disease. For these advocates, the disability engagement director is part of a broader opportunity presented by Harris’ move to the top of the ticket: to make their case for national recognition. For others disillusioned by the Biden administration’s response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, however, the campaign has a higher bar to clear before they will support Harris.
Advocates say that people with Long COVID, a potentially debilitating chronic disease that can impact all parts of the body, represent a growing voting bloc in this year’s presidential election. Leaders from Long COVID advocacy groups and the broader disability community are considering how to make their case to Harris’ staff, with a particular interest in Anastasia Somoza -- a disability advocate who was hired for the engagement director role -- and Tim Walz, Harris’ running mate who has championed Long COVID research as governor of Minnesota.
“VP Harris is part of an administration that has turned its back on public health,” said Karyn Bishof, founder and president of the COVID-19 Longhauler Advocacy Project, in an email. However, Bishof added, Harris’...

Side menu content:

Five reasons why the NIH should retract the "effort preference" claims in their intramural ME/CFS paper
John Bolecek

"A good step": Long COVID advocates and researchers respond to the RECOVER-
Treating Long COVID meeting
Betsy Ladyzhets

For people with severe Long COVID, medical care is out of reach
Kaelyn Lynch

The Sick Times

Technologies: Wordpress, HTML, CSS, WAI-ARIA
Skills: Web Development, User Experience Design, Responsive Design, Accessibility

I build features for an independent journalism publication about COVID-19 and Long COVID. The site is built with Wordpress using the VisualNewsPro theme.

Features I Developed:

Homepage
- Main article feature
- Trending section
Article page design, including reduced content width on desktop
Header responsive design, including:
- Sections submenu for article categories
- Search bar
Footer responsive and consistent design, including social media links
Custom Mailchimp email list subscription form throughout site
Side menu design, including recent articles
Keyboard and screen reader accessibility
Responsive table on Transparency & Policies page
Custom CSS for consistently branded link colors

LiesGame.com

Technologies: JavaScript, React, Firebase, Google Cloud, Google Analytics, Babel, Webpack, HTML, CSS, WAI-ARIA
Skills: Full-Stack Software Development, User Experience Design, Accessibility, Responsive Design and Development

LiesGame.com is a mobile-first, web-based game built with React and Firebase that encourages players to make their friends laugh by coming up with believable lies about various topics. As a full-stack software engineer on this project, I made many features that brought the game to a launch-able state. Since finishing the game's MVP, it has been streamed twice to an audience of 8,000+ viewers, leading to thousands of games being played and tens of thousands of hilarious lies fabricated. Many users found that this game helped them cope with the COVID-19 quarantine by playing with friends and family online or in person if they were quarantining together.

Features I Developed:

Instructions screen
Deck selection screen
Offline pop-up
Meaningless timers
Periodic intentional typos
Scoreboard mode
Google Analytics
Accessibility improvements
Back-end updates
Database maintenance

LiesGame.com Instructions screen. Dialog with light yellow background and black Times New Roman text that reads:

Thanks for testing the Believable Lies beta. Instructions are as follows:

[sunglasses graphic]

Setting Up
Believable Lies is a game for friends who are hanging out. It works in real life, on video chat, or even on a phone call.

3 to 6 players is ideal, but you can play with as few as 2 and as many as 8.

All players need a device with a web browser like, say, a smartphone.

One player creates a game, then shares a room code so others can join.

LiesGame.com offline pop-up. Dialog with yellow background and black text that reads "Internet Connection Lost. Please reconnect and try again," followed by a brown "Retry" button.

LiesGame.com Enter Answer screen with meaningless timer on top with 48 seconds on it. Title text: "Ask Jeff for this round's topic." Subtitle: "Then write a believable lie about it." Empty text box, followed by Done button, followed by "See example lies" link.

LiesGame.com Round End screen. Title text: "The Truth." 1. Her ful name is Barbara Roberts. (i) Her full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. +1 Jeff guessed your lie +1 You correctly identified the truth. Scores: Gale 2, Jeff 0. Overlay on bottom that reads: "Careful! Sometimes the correct answers have intentional typos & grammatical mistakes."

Scoreboard Mode: Topic announcement while players write their lies with meaningless timer deployed with 54 seconds on it. Players on left: Gale, Mark, Karlos, Mairi, Jeff, Lucas, Shawn, Jess. Typewriter graphic on right followed by text: "This round's topic: Ariana Grande."

Scoreboard Mode: players vote on which "lie" is the truth, while meaningless timer counts down from 15 seconds. Left side panel shows the following players' avatars, followed by text "Calculating..." after each of them: Gale, Lucas, Karlos, Shawn, Mark, Mairi, Jeff, Jess. Right panel: title text: Which one is true?

1. Ariana Grande was made in a pop star lab.
2. Ariana Grande once had a dispute with Nicki Minaj over whether or not she was dating Eminem.
3. Ariana Grande has been hit by a hockey puck at two separate games.
4. Ariana Grande only sang "Rain on Me" with Lady Gaga so that she could hold an umbrella under a hose in the promo video.
5. Ariana Grande doesn't really believe God is a woman.
6. Ariana Grande can't roll her tongue.
7. Ariana Grande's full name is Ariana Fuller Grace.
8. Ariana Grande writes all her own songs.
9. Ariana Grande has been there all night, been there all day, rocking side to side.

Scoreboard Mode: Round Summary. Left panel:
Gale: 2 points, 1 red 1 black
Karlos: 2 points, 1 red 1 black
Lucas: 2 points, both red
Mark: 1 point, black
Shawn: 1 point, red
Mairi: 0 points
Jeff: 0 points
Jess: 0 points

Right panel:

Lies:
Ariana Grande writes all her own songs, guessed by Mairi
Ariana Grande can't roll her tongue, guessed by Jeff
Ariana Grande only sang "Rain on Me" with Lady Gaga so that she could hold an umbrella under a hose in the promo video, guessed by Lucas
Ariana Grande's full real name is Ariana Fuller Grace, guessed by Shawn & Jess.

Truth:
Ariana Grande has been hit by a hockey puck at two separate games, identified by Gale, Mark, and Karlos.

Scoreboard Mode: Lie of the Game and Top Liar on Final Scores page.

Lie of the Game: Eminem's palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy, there's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti, he's nervous! But on the surface he looks calm and ready to drop bombs.

Top Liar: Lucas

Round Summary:
Lies:
Taylor Swift knows how to build iOS apps in Swift, guessed by Gale
T-Swift hates it when people call her T-Swift, guessed by Mairi.

DROPOUT Log In page on mobile. Yellow background with "Log In" title text along with X close button on top, followed by a large blue "Log in with Facebook" button, followed by text "or log in with email." Email Address and Password text fields, followed by a "Remember me" checkbox, followed by a "Forgot password?" link. "Enter" button, followed by text that reads "By subscribing, you agree to our Terms [link] & Privacy Policy [link]."

DROPOUT

Technologies: JavaScript, React, Redux, Redux-Saga, ES6, Babel, Webpack, Mocha, Enzyme, HTML, CSS, WAI-ARIA
Skills: Front-End Software Development, Snapshot Testing, Unit Testing, Functional Testing, Integration Testing, User Experience Design, Accessibility, Responsive Design, Pair Programming, Refactoring, Technical Debt Management, Mentorship

At CH Media, I used React, Redux, and many other JavaScript libraries to build and maintain DROPOUT, CollegeHumor's streaming service, in a responsive, accessible, intuitive way, so that its 65,000+ subscribers could enjoy comedy content with ease. Some features I developed include a cookie-based alert bar, an improved and accessible Browse page, the Schedule page, improvements to the Landing, Sign Up, Log In, and Home pages, and an Autoplay feature to allow the user to continue to enjoy a series of content. Additionally, I taught my front-end team about accessibility development according to WAI-ARIA best practices, allowing thousands more assistive technologies users to navigate DROPOUT more easily, and added accessibility testing to our development and review process. I also drove positive change on our team, by scheduling and hosting continuous improvement meetings among the front-end team, and advocating for technical and design debt prioritization. Lastly, I led a full-stack paired-programming initiative to build both an OAuth and reverse OAuth login system between DROPOUT and Facebook, so that subscribers on both platforms could enjoy our content on both products seamlessly. See each image in the gallery for more details.

SmartEdTech

Technologies: Adobe Illustrator, Apple Pencil, Pencil and Paper
Skills: User Experience Design, Visual Design, Interaction Design

SmartEdTech creates technology for students with special needs so that they can learn in the way that is best for suited for them. The Admin tool allows teachers and parents to aggregate and analyze data about their students' learning trends, so that they can further personalize their teaching strategies.

As a User Experience Designer at SmartEdTech, I designed a new version of the Admin website, via sketches, design language, and high-fidelity mockups, so teachers and parents could assess their students’ learning data more effectively.

Additionally, I iterated upon the interaction design of the Marketing website, SmartEdTech.com, with hand and digital sketches to increase sales leads.

Admin Website

Activities page mockup for an iPad/tablet in landscape mode, using various shades of light to dark orange. The header contains a hamburger menu on the top left, "Activities" in the top center, and a warning, information, and settings (gear) icons on the top right. Below the header is a set of tabs: Language Arts, Reading, Math, and Social Skills, with Language Arts highlighted to indicate it is the current tab. A grid of 5 columns and 4 rows of placeholder apps are in this tab below, with 4 dots on the bottom, the first dot highlighted to indicate the user is on the first page of the tab. The bottom footer menu contains 5 tabs with icons: By Subject (book icon), By Grade Level (apple icon), Standards (certified check icon), New (10-point star icon), and Search (magnifying glass icon).

Teacher's Dashboard pencil-on-paper sketch. Header contains 3 placeholder icons and placeholder text. Heading reads "Teacher's Dashboard" with a search bar on the right. Below heading are 4 panels in a 2x2 grid. My Students is on the top left, with 3 rows to indicate each student's sample statistics. My Upcoming Goals is on the top right, with 3 rows, each with sample percentage graphics and other sample statistics, along with sample due dates in calendar graphics. Schedule is on the bottom left, which shows a 5-day weekly calendar with sample events, with a toggle to change the calendar's view on top. Messages (# unread) is on the bottom right, with sample messages in each row, with checkboxes and when the message was received. Each panel has a "see more" toggle button below it to indicate it is expandable.

Brainstorming Sketches

Marketing Website

RedditLite

Technologies: JavaScript, React, Redux, HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, Jest, Reddit API, Heroku
Skills: Model-View-View-Model (MVVM) framework, Responsive Design, Accessibility
Code Repository

RedditLite allows the user to search for any subreddit and view the most popular posts on that subreddit. Users can see posts' titles, upvotes, downvotes, author and approximate time posted, along with links to the posts' content and comments sections.

Features:

Access any subreddit in a more modern-feeling, user-friendly way.
Click on any link to visit that content, and then return to the app without losing search results.
If the user enters an invalid subreddit name, the app provides the user with an error message to help them find a valid subreddit.
Works on any mobile phone or tablet. Made responsive with Twitter Bootstrap.
100% test coverage with Jest.
Tested and verified for accessibility using the ChromeVox screen reader and the keyboard. Works for users who use only the keyboard, screen readers, and similar assistive technologies.

Doctor Reviews

Technologies: Ruby on Rails, HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, Devise, Heroku, postgres
Skills: Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework, Responsive Design, Authentication, Authorization, Accessibility
Code Repository

Doctor Reviews is a Ruby on Rails application that allows users to sign in, post and rate doctors, so that they can find the best quality care based on their medical needs. It is built responsive with Bootstrap in order to work on all screen sizes. I used Mac's VoiceOver screen reader to ensure that the application is accessible to users who do not use a mouse.

Doctors page, desktop view. Header on the top has DoctorReviews, All Doctors, and New Doctor links on the left and text that reads "Gale" and a Logout link on the right. Heading text reads "All Doctors," followed by a blue "New Doctor" button. There is a list of large links with light grey borders around them that span the whole page. Each link reads Ralph Vetters, Jane Doe, John Doe, and Dr. No.

Bonker for Byram On the Issues page on desktop. The header contains the Bonker for Byram home link on the top left, along with Community Life, On The Issues, and Contact and FAQ links in the top center, with On The Issues underlined. Heading text reads "On the Issues" in white against a navy background. Below is a white background with a large municipal office icon, with heading 2 text "municipal offices." Paragraph text reads:

Regarding the Municipal Building. I want the minimal footprint necessary with sufficient quality to last 50 to 100 years. We don't need "edifice complex" but we need to create an asset we can both afford and be proud to call Town Hall. We need the minimal, best, long-term solution. If we need to bond in order to solve this problem, we should do so quickly because interest rates are at a generational low and will start to climb as the Federal Reserve raises rates. With an AA bond rating Byram should lock in these low rates now.

Bonker for Byram Contact and FAQ page. The header contains the Bonker for Byram home link on the top left, along with Community Life, On The Issues, and Contact and FAQ links in the top center, with Contact and FAQ underlined. Navy background with white and some gold text. Heading reads "Leadership. Experience. Teamwork. Results."

Paragraph: "If you have a question, please email me at rbonker@ptd.net.
You can also follow me on my campaign's Facebook page."

[heading] Frequently Asked Questions

1. Why are you running for Council again?

At the end of August my youngest daughter left for her sophomore year of college. As an empty-nester" I now have the time required to serve my hometown as a Council
Member. The voters deserve a choice and I am willing to offer my services. I also believe in servant leadership, and this is an opportunity to provide it. In the Parable of the Faithful Servant, Jesus tells his followers "to whom much is given, much is expected." Byram helped to give me a great start in life. I want to help give back.

2. What do you think about the municipal building controversy?

2017 Bonker for Byram mailer #1, front. Top and bottom are navy backgrounds with white text; text on top reads "Raymond Bonker for Byram Council, bonker4byram.com" and text on bottom reads "Leadership. Experience. Teamwork. Results." Throughout the landscape mailer, green, light blue, and purple boxes with white and black text are interspersed with photos of Raymond giving blood, Raymond cutting a grand opening ribbon with an excited crowd, Raymond with his two daughters and son, with one daughter in a cap and gown, and Raymond playing golf.

Text reads:

Byram Township Open Space
Committee
15 years as Chairman

Sussex County Open Space Committee
3 years advocating for active recreation

Lenape Valley Regional High School
4 years as School Board President
Class of 1981 Valedictorian

150+ Donations
Blood/Platelets St. Kateri
Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America

Christ Episcopal Church
Founder of special needs service, Treasurer, and
Vestry Member

Lenape Valley Soccer Club
Adult Division Founder, Team Manager, Player, and Youth Coach

2019 Bonker for Byram mailer #1, front. Top and bottom are navy backgrounds with white text; text on top reads "Raymond Bonker for Byram Council, bonker4byram.com, facebook.com/Bonker4Byram” and text on bottom reads "Leadership. Experience. Teamwork. Results." Throughout the landscape mailer, green, light blue, and purple boxes with white and black text are interspersed with photos of Raymond giving blood, Raymond cutting a grand opening ribbon with an excited crowd, Raymond pointing to his high school building, Raymond pointing to his church building, and Raymond playing soccer with two Bonker for Byram yard signs on the field.

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Chairman, Byram Township Open Space Committee
17 years

Sussex County Open Space Committee
3 years

President, Lenape Valley Regional High School Board of Education
4 years
Class of 1981 Valedictorian

150+ Donations
Blood/Platelets St. Kateri
Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America

Christ Episcopal Church
Founder of special needs service, Treasurer, and
Vestry Member

Adult Division Founder and Youth Coach, Lenape Valley Soccer Club
19 years

Raymond Bonker being sworn into the office of Town Council member in Byram, NJ. Gale is beside him with another white man.

Bonker for Byram

Technologies: Adobe Illustrator, Weebly, Facebook
Skills: User Experience Design, Visual Design, Interaction Design, Graphic Design, Responsive Design

Bonker for Byram is a campaign website, Facebook page, and four printed mailers that I designed and built when my father ran for Town Council in my hometown, Byram, New Jersey, in both 2017 and 2019. He was elected in 2019, and sworn into office on January 7, 2020.

Love Your Neighbor Books

Technologies: Weebly
Skills: User Experience Design, Visual Design, Interaction Design, Responsive Design

Love Your Neighbor Books is a benefit corporation that sells books on Amazon that my brother Charles founded to employ people with disabilities and neurodivergences. I built this website for him so that he could establish an online presence, form new partnerships, and ultimately grow the business so that he could help as many people as he can. Even though we could have built a website from scratch, I suggested we use Weebly so that he and my mother could also update it as needed, so that they would not be so dependent on me (or another developer) to update it.

Love Your Neighbor Books Donations page, desktop view. Header contains centered Home, Our Partners, Donations, About Us, and Contact links, with Donations bolded. Navy background with green italic heading text reads "Our Partners." Heading 2 text reads "You can support the mission of Love Your Neighbor Books!" Paragraph text reads:

Our growing enterprise has been the grateful recipient of quality donations from libraries, retailers, and individuals. Love Your Neighbor Books would be glad to retrieve books from your location at your convenience.
● For libraries, please consider donating any of the following:
Withdrawn materials from the collection
Donations that will not be added to the collection
Leftover items from book sales
● We gladly take donations from individuals, and can pick up at your home or preferred location. Contact us under the "Contact" tab of this website, or send an email to Ginnie@LoveYourNeighborBooks.com
● We can help your business or organization to plan a book drive -- a great opportunity for community awareness and to increase customers.
We thank the many community members who have supported this project! Love Your Neighbor Books"

Love Your Neighbor Books About Us page, desktop view. Header contains centered Home, Our Partners, Donations, About Us, and Contact links, with About Us bolded. Navy background with green italic heading text reads "Who We Are." Headshots of team members are to the left. Text reads: "Charles Bonker recently graduated Rollins College with a Bachelor's degree in Social Entrepreneurship. He started his first online book-selling business when he was a junior in high school in 2014. On his off time, Charles loves to travel the world by air, sea, and train. Ginnie Breen was a venture capital investor for a couple of decades and she is hoping to put
that experience to good use. Ginnie loves to ride on her Sunfish sailboat in her spare time. Dosia Paclawskyj is a clinical psychologist who helps make things work for participants with special needs. Dosia loves to spend time cuddling with her cats."

Love Your Neighbor Books Contact page, mobile view. Hamburger menu button on top right in header. Green italic heading text reads "Become a partner with Love Your Neighbor Books!" Paragraph text reads "If you have books to donate or want to become an Operating or Donating partner, please contact us: * indicates required field." Name (first and last separately), Email, and Message text fields are followed by a black Submit button.

I Am In Here

Technologies: WordPress, HTML, CSS, Adobe Photoshop
Skills: User Experience Design, Visual Design, Interaction Design, Graphic Design, Accessibility

I actively maintained the informational website and blog associated with my sister Elizabeth Bonker's book I Am In Here: The Journey of a Child with Autism Who Cannot Speak but Finds Her Voice. Changes I made include editing the background color to navy blue, updating the header image to have a transparent background, updating the carousel on the homepage to include more current content, and adding posts to the blog. IAmInHereBook.com was sunsetted in 2022 in favor of Communication4ALL.org.

Letters to Legalize

Technologies: HTML, CSS, Weebly, Adobe Illustrator, Google Forms, Facebook, PayPal
Skills: User Experience Design, Visual Design, Interaction Design, Graphic Design, Political Advocacy

Letters to Legalize was a letter writing campaign, featuring a website and Facebook page, that I launched to encourage New Jersey residents to write to their State Senators and Assemblymembers in favor of passing cannabis legalization legislation. New Jersey residents would fill out their name, address and an optional additional message in either a Google Form or on an already printed letter, and then my team and I would mail that letter to their state legislators for them. We sent thousands of letters over a one-year period, and even held a meeting with my local state Senator and Assemblymembers, where we explained the many benefits that cannabis legalization would have for New Jersey, from racial justice to tax revenues. Responsible adult use of cannabis was legalized via a ballot question in the November 3, 2020 election, and went into effect via the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act on January 1, 2021.

Letters to Legalize Home page background information section on desktop-sized screen. Green-to-white gradient background with a yellow envelope and letter graphic reads "Letters to Legalize" in green and blue fonts, with a stamp that contains an outline of New Jersey. Header text reads "Your letters will help legalize cannabis in New Jersey." Paragraph text reads: Cannabis legalization is a hot topic among our New Jersey state Senators and Assemblymembers right now. Governor Murphy has assured us all throughout his campaign that he will sign a legalization bill, but a bill has to pass through our state Senate and Assembly before it gets to his desk. This means that it is absolutely vital that our state legislators hear straight from their constituents how important this issue is to all of us!

Once you fill out the letter form, we will send three letters on your behalf: one to your New Jersey State Senator, and two to each of your New Jersey Assemblymembers.

While we are very excited to mail your letters, stamps are getting a bit pricey nowadays (50 cents each!) so it you can afford it, we are offering signers the opportunity to donate $1.50 (the price of three stamps) or $4.20 (another classic choice to also help pay for ink, paper, envelopes, pens, etc.). or any other amount you can, to paypal.me/letterstolegalizenj.

Letters to Legalize Home page racial justice information section on desktop-sized screen. Graphic with blue background and a 7-leaf cannabis plant overlayed on the outline of New Jersey on the right contains light yellow text that reads "The War on Drugs is not over until we are all free," with fists of various skin tones, mostly dark, below. Heading text reads "OUR COMMITMENT TO RACIAL JUSTICE." Paragraph text reads: Legalizing the adult use of cannabis is a multi-faceted, intersectional issue.

As our letter states, Black people are three times more likely to be arrested for cannabis possession than white people, despite similar usage rates. People of color also face harsher sentences and higher fines on average than their white peers in our courts.

Cannabis-related arrests also disproportionately impact low-income people. since an arrest can often cost
thousands of dollars in lawyer rates, fines, and other court fees.

Possession charges can result in the loss of a job, loss of immigration status, loss of financial aid for colleges, damaging relationships, fines, prison sentences, or bans from public housing or adoption for years. Punishments like these disproportionately impact immigrants, Black and Hispanic people, and low-income communities.

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